By Kristina Lee By this fall, we will have been living under the pandemic for 20 months. And there are still many unknowns when it comes to what this next school year is going to […]
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How to Find a Piano Teacher – A Guide for Parents
By Kristina Lee In 2012, when I started a piano studio in Bellevue, Washington, it took about two years to build my enrollment. I spent the next five years recruiting students for other teachers who […]
Music – More than Sound
By Karen Weeks Music is life. It transcends all ages and backgrounds. Music knows no social classes, and it is a universal language that we all speak. Most importantly, music is medicine for the mind, […]
Hymn for the Homeless
This piece was written in July 2020 and was first performed during a benefit concert for the victims of August 4, 2020 Beirut explosion. Many people lost their homes or homes as they knew in […]
Arise, I Dub Thee an Online Teacher
We’ve all been lightening fast inducted into changes and adaptations of our new realities (yes, plural — we’ve had many realities in less than six weeks!). Let’s first celebrate that in spite of ourselves and […]
Arctic Sea Ice – TEDxSeattle
Arctic Sea Ice is a piece composed by Judy Twedt, climate researcher, atmospheric scientist, and data sound artist, with 36 years of satellite data of the sea ice index. Judy was chosen to be a speaker […]
Positive Practice Strategies
By Julio Jáuregui Hello Parents! I hope everyone is well. One thing was brought to my attention from our last workshop is that every student in my group said they don’t have a set practice […]
Seven Practice Tips
By Laure Struber Efficient practice is key for musical development as it allows students to absorb and deepen the musical skills they learnt with their teacher, and it creates a lifetime partnership between them […]
Music is Movement
By Kristina Lee Some months ago, I wrote an article called Is Music a Language? The conclusion of the article was that music is not a language in its strict definition but that the process […]
